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c I am of Opinion that Oats will wear their Teeth 



* and make them fooner to change, and alfo rase 1 

 c Therefore the belt way is to break them in a Mill, 

 4 becaufe by endeavouring with their Jaws to bruife 

 c and chew them, they ftretch and fwell their Eye 

 4 and Nether- Jaw-Veins, which fo attrad the Blood 

 4 and Humours, that they fall down upon the Eyes, 

 c and are many times the occafion of lofing them 2 

 4 So that it is not the heating Quality of the Oats, 

 4 which is the caufe of this, but the difficulty they 

 c have in chewing them. 



4 It is further to be obferv'd, that Foals thus fed 

 4 with Grain, do not grow fo high upon their Legs, 

 4 but become broader and better knit than if they 

 4 had eaten nothing but Hay and Bran, and will 

 4 better endure fatigue. 



When the Weather is good drive them forth into 

 fome inclos'd Place, where they may fport them- 

 felves. Put them to Grafs about the end of May^ or 

 as foon as there is Grafs enough to feed them, put 

 all thofe of one Year old together. You fhould al- 

 fo have a Lodge capable to hold them all, the Door 

 whereof fhould be very large, that they may not 

 hurt one another in going in or out. 



4 There are fome Foals beneath fix Months old,' 

 c which although their Dammes have abundance of 

 4 Milk, yet decay daily, and have a Cough by rea- 

 4 fon of certain Pellicles or Skins that breed in their 

 4 Stomachs, which obftrud their breathing, and at 

 4 laft totally deftroy them. The Remedy is to take 

 4 the Bag wherein the Foal came forth of its Mo- 

 4 ther's Belly, and drying it, give as much of it a- 

 1 mongft Milk as you can take up with three Fin- 

 c gers. This Remedy is alfo good againft all Difeafes 

 1 that happen to them beneath fix Years old. But if 



* you cannot get the Bag, then dry the Lungs of a 

 4 young Fox, and ufe it inftead of the aforefaid 

 4 , Powder. 



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